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'They've got torches,' said Lu-Tze 'Ha Ha,' said the yeti, and it said it, rather than laughed 'Dat's good Torches show up aat night'

'Hah! Yes Can you give us a lift? It's really important'

'You and daat whizzin' kid I seein' there?' A patch of grey air at the edge of the clearing beca, out of breath He dropped the broken branch he'd been holding 'The lad is called Lobsang I'otta hurry before you runnin' out of things he don't knoow,' said the yeti 'Ha Ha'

'Sweeper, ere you-' Lobsang began, hurrying forward Lu-Tze put his finger to his lips 'Not in front of our fallen friends,' he said 'I' for Rule One to become a lot better respected in these parts as a result of this day's work'

'But I had to do all the-'

'Wehim into silence 'I reckon we can snooze quite happily while our friend here carries us' Lobsang glanced up at the yeti, and then back at Lu-Tze And then back to the yeti It was tall In some ways it was like the trolls he'd met in the city, but rolled out thin It was ht was skinny legs and are 'If he could've got out of the trap at any-' he began 'You are the apprentice, right?' said Lu-Tze 'Me, I'm the master? I'm sure I wrote that down so to say any of those know-it-all-'

'Remember Rule One! Oh, and pick up one of those swords We'll need it in a ently and firmly, cradled theh the snow and trees 'Snug, eh?' said Lu-Tze after a while 'Their wool is spun out of rock in some way, but it's pretty comfy' There was no answer from the other ar people They taughtor two Valuable stuff For is it not written, "We live and learn"?' Silence, a kind of sullen, deliberate silence, reigned

'I'd thinkcarried by an actual yeti A lot of people back in the valley have never even seen one Mind you, they don't come that close to settleot around' Lu-Tze got the feeling that he was taking part in a dialogue of one 'So you want to say, is there?' he said 'Well, as a'You letto do anything!'

'I wassure I had their full attention,' said Lu-Tze smoothly 'Why?'

'So that you didn't have their full attention I had every confidence in you, of course A good ives the pupil an opportunity to demonstrate his skills'

'And ould you have done if I hadn't been here, pray?'

'Yes, probably,' said Lu-Tze 'What?'

'But I expect I would have found soainst theenerally is one Is there a problehtwell, I just thought you'd be teaching s all the ti the 'Very s to try to teacha sword?'

'You'll need the sword to learn about yetis,' said Lu-Tze 'How?'